A | Most missing adults are found quickly, but gaps in the system can have deadly consequences Police search for Jang Mi-ran, a 37-year-old reported missing in May, at a palm farm in Hallim-eup, Jeju Island. Jang was found dead Monday. (Yonhap)The death of Jang Mi-ran after her missing-person case was allegedly closed on false grounds has renewed scrutiny of South Korea’s system for finding missing adults.South Korea tracks missing-person reports involving adults, but ordinary adult cases are not covered by the same legal framework that allows nationwide alerts, certain forms of location tracking and DNA testing for children, people with specified disabilities and people with dementia.More than 70,000 adults were reported missing each year between 2022 and 2025. Most cases were resolved quickly, with 89.4 percent closed within a day last year and 99 percent within a month, according to National Police Agency data.Of the 70,591 adult missing-person cases closed in 2025, 931 involved people who were found dead.Jang’s case has drawn attention to what can happen when a case is closed before a missing person’s safety has been confirmed.A Jeju police officer surnamed Bu is accused of falsely telling Jang’s boyfriend and family that she was safe but did not want to be found. Police have said they found no records showing that Bu contacted her.Bu is accused of making a similar false claim in another missing-person case involving a man in his 60s, who was also later found dead.The cases have revived a long-running debate over whether police need stronger legal authority to search for missing adults, and how far those powers should extend without infringing on privacy.Gaps in adult casesJang’s cousin reportedly went to Seoul’s Nowon Police Station on July 19 to request another search for her, about two months after Bu allegedly told the family that Jang had been contacted and was safe.Nowon officials reportedly questioned whether Jang, as an adult, might simply have left voluntarily.The high rate of quick case closures has raised concern that some adult cases are treated as routine disappearances. Bu handled and closed 298 missing-person cases during roughly 17 months on a missing-person team.Meanwhile, the number of cases ending in death is not insignificant. Between 2016 and 2025, 13,639 missing adults were eventually found dead, an average of about 1,364 a year. Thousands of long-term cases also remain unsolved. Police search for Jang Mi-ran, a 37-year-old reported missing in May, at a harbor in Jeju Island. Jang was found dead on Monday. (Yonhap)Police have fewer tools in ordinary adult cases.Nationwide missing-person alerts are generally sent out only for minors, people with certain disabilities and people with dementia. Of the 3,126 people found last year under that system, 696, or 22.3 percent, were located after reports from members of the public who had seen an alert.Police searches and investigations accounted for 39.2 percent of discoveries, according to a report jointly submitted by the National Police Agency and the Ministry of Health and Welfare.Ordinary missing adults generally do not qualify for such alerts.Police have used DNA testing since 2004 to identify missing children and other eligible groups. Ordinary adult cases are not covered by the same DNA collection and comparison framework.The scale of adult disappearances is also larger. About 70,800 adult missing-person reports were filed in 2025, more than twice the roughly 29,600 involving children.Legislative pushSouth Korea enacted the Act on the Protection and Support of Missing Children and Others in 2005, establishing the legal basis for many of the search tools used today. There is no equivalent comprehensive law for ordinary missing adults.Lawmakers have made repeated attempts to fill that gap.A bill proposed in 2024 by Rep. Lim Ho-seon of the Democratic Party of Korea would establish a separate information system for missing adults and give police clearer authority to obtain location and travel information.The proposal remains pending at the National Assembly alongside similar bills.Supporters argue that broader powers could help police act more quickly when an adult is in danger. Opponents warn that the same powers could be used to track people who have deliberately chosen to leave home or cut off contact.Adults generally have the right to decide where they live and whom they remain in contact with, making the issue more complicated than cases involving children or vulnerable people.Police can already obtain location information in some cases involving signs of imminent danger. The unresolved question is whether that authority should be expanded for missing adults more broadly.。 AI摘要 厦门象屿慈爱老年养护中心探索“医养教”融合模式，联动优质医疗资源提供持续照护。厦门构建智慧养老网络与四级服务体系，推动养老服务扩容提质，打造高品质友好型养老体系。 日前，记者跟随“活力中国调研行”采访团来到厦门象屿慈爱老年养护中心，近距离调研这里的养老运作模式。
B | 走进院区，只见布局规整、功能分区清晰，饮食住宿、健康管理、运动休闲等各类配套区域干净整洁、一应俱全。 象屿慈爱的医师刘洁介绍，老人除一日三餐，还可以根据自身情况，选择设有特殊功能器材的健身房锻炼，或参加绘画、棋牌和音乐兴趣小组等活动，“我们会根据健康档案信息，指导老人健康饮食和进行相应康复锻炼，每项活动都有专业人员指导”。
C | 83岁的谢玉珠老人已在这里住了五年，她手里的房卡不仅可以刷卡就餐，同时还具备定位和风险提示功能，“有一次，我和家人外出就餐时间长了，就收到早点返回的提示”。 象屿慈爱是厦门象屿集团有限公司打造的品质型养老社区。作为福建省及厦门市为民办实事项目、国企助力打造的非营利性康养示范载体，象屿慈爱打通了机构康养、社区服务、居家适老、文化文娱、健康管理、中医养生等多元场景，走出了一条“医养教”融合、机构社区家庭联动、银发经济提质扩容的特色路径。 “例如我们联动厦门弘爱医院、复旦中山厦门医院、厦门市中医院等优质医疗资源，面向养护中心长者和周边居民提供中医养生，脑卒中、帕金森、骨折术后专业康复驻点服务等。”象屿慈爱院长薛国勇说，他们的服务可覆盖自理、半自理、失能、失智长者持续照护需求。 象屿慈爱的实践，是厦门市近年来作为国家基本养老服务综合平台试点，探索高品质养老服务“厦门路径”的缩影。 “我们坚持兜底线、促普惠、优服务，将居家社区机构相协调、医养康养相结合作为系统推进的基本框架，持续夯实基础设施体系。
D | ”厦门市民政局一级调研员白锦焜介绍，例如厦门构建了纵向到省、国家相关部门，横向联通十余个职能部门的智慧养老“一张网”，终端可连接各养老服务机构、近邻服务点、居家养老服务商、医疗机构等。
E | 厦门还通过区级综合养老服务管理平台建设，构建市、区、镇（街）、村（居）四级养老服务网络，实现城乡养老服务资源共享、供需衔接和联动监管；建立囊括53.2万户籍老年人、1100多个各类养老服务设施、4800多位服务人员的养老大数据库。
F | “这些探索聚合了分散养老资源，为创新养老服务提供了支撑。”白锦焜表示，例如推动一键求助、自动报警等智慧养老应用场景创新，破解老人居家照护风险发现难、响应慢等痛点；建立市级老年助餐结算平台，老人通过智能身份验证，就能在任意助餐点享受补贴直扣。
G | 截至2025年底，厦门已初步实现具备综合功能的镇（街）范围养老服务机构全覆盖，每千名老人拥有养老机构护理型床位25张。 “厦门将继续以政策创新为引领，以智慧平台为支撑，以多元供给为路径，以品质提升为核心，加快构建高品质友好型养老服务体系。
H | ”白锦焜说，同时积极培育助餐、用品、医养、文旅等多元养老服务消费场景，推动优质养老服务供给扩容提质。（记者 秦宏 邰晓安）。
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